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Bunce School

Coordinates: 40°10′23″N 105°28′09″W / 40.17292°N 105.46905°W / 40.17292; -105.46905
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Bunce School
Bunce School is located in Colorado
Bunce School
LocationCO 7 south of Allenspark, Allenspark, Colorado
Coordinates40°10′23″N 105°28′09″W / 40.17292°N 105.46905°W / 40.17292; -105.46905
Arealess than one acre
Built1888
Built byV.H. Rowley and J.H. Bunce
NRHP reference No.86001109[1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1986

The Bunce School, near Allenspark, Colorado near the Continental Divide in Boulder County, Colorado, is a historic one-room schoolhouse built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

It is a 25 by 17 feet (7.6 m × 5.2 m) log building built upon stone piers. It was built by V.H. Rowley and J.H. Bunce.[2]

When listed, it was one of only two surviving log rural schoolhouses in Boulder County.[3] In 2013, it was asserted to be the only surviving log schoolhouse in the county.[4]

A second contributing building on the property is an outhouse.[2]

It is located off Colorado State Highway 7 about 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south of Allenspark.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Bruce N. Kester (December 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bunce School". National Park Service. Retrieved October 19, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1985
  3. ^ "Bunce School". History Colorado.
  4. ^ Kenneth Jessen. "Bunce School helped educate early Rocky Mountain National Park ranger Jack Moomaw". Loveland Reporter-Herald. Retrieved October 19, 2021.